elefantino
التعريفات والمعاني
== Esperanto ==
=== Etymology ===
From elefanto (“elephant”) + -ino (“female”).
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /elefanˈtino/
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧ti‧no
=== Noun ===
elefantino (accusative singular elefantinon, plural elefantinoj, accusative plural elefantinojn)
a female elephant, cow elephant
==== Hypernyms ====
elefanto (“elephant”)
==== Coordinate terms ====
elefantiĉo (neologism), virelefanto (idiomatic) (male elephant, bull elephant)
== Ido ==
=== Etymology ===
elefanto (“elephant”) + -ino (“female”)
=== Noun ===
elefantino (plural elefantini)
female elephant, cow elephant
==== Hypernyms ====
elefanto (“elephant”)
==== Coordinate terms ====
elefantulo (“male elephant, bull elephant”)
== Italian ==
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /e.le.fanˈti.no/
Rhymes: -ino
Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧tì‧no
=== Etymology 1 ===
Borrowed from Latin elephantinus, from Ancient Greek ἐλεφάντινος (elephántinos).
==== Adjective ====
elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantini, feminine plural elefantine)
elephantine (all senses)
Synonym: elefantesco
(literary) made of ivory
Synonym: (literary) eburneo
===== Derived terms =====
==== Further reading ====
elefantino in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
=== Etymology 2 ===
From elefant(e) (“elephant”) + -ino (diminutive suffix).
==== Noun ====
elefantino m (plural elefantini)
a young or small elephant
== Portuguese ==
=== Pronunciation ===
Hyphenation: e‧le‧fan‧ti‧no
=== Adjective ===
elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantinos, feminine plural elefantinas)
elephantine (of or relating to elephants)
=== Further reading ===
“elefantino”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
“elefantino”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
== Spanish ==
=== Etymology ===
From elefante (“elephant”) + -ino.
=== Pronunciation ===
IPA(key): /elefanˈtino/ [e.le.fãn̪ˈt̪i.no]
Rhymes: -ino
Syllabification: e‧le‧fan‧ti‧no
=== Adjective ===
elefantino (feminine elefantina, masculine plural elefantinos, feminine plural elefantinas)
elephantine
=== Further reading ===
“elefantino”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025